Bertrand Russell
(1872-1970), Philosopher, mathematician and social reformerBertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell
Sitter in 119 portraits
Grandson of the Liberal Foreign Secretary and Prime Minister, Earl (Lord John) Russell, Bertrand made significant contributions to logic, epistemology and mathematics that established him as one of the foremost philosophers of the twentieth century. He published his first work, An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry (1897), at the age of 25. This was followed by The Principles of Mathematics (1903) and Principia Mathematica (1910-13). A pacifist during the First World War, he was imprisoned in 1918. Russell gave the first Reith lectures on radio in 1949. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950, and became the first President of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) in 1958.
Explore the portrait of Bertrand Russell by Geoffrey Davien (NPG D2733) from all angles
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 6 January 1967
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print, oval, 1873-1874
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by Unknown photographer
bromide copy print, circa 1876
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by Unknown photographer
modern bromide copy print, circa 1878
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by Unknown photographer
bromide copy print, circa 1880
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by Unknown photographer
bromide copy print, 1880
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by Unknown photographer
albumen print on card, 1894
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The Wedding of Bertrand Russell and Alys Pearsall Smith
by Unknown photographer
printing-out paper print on card, 13 December 1894
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The Wedding of Bertrand Russell and Alys Pearsall Smith
by Unknown photographer
albumen print on card, 13 December 1894
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'A Quaker wedding' (The marriage of Bertrand Russell and Alys Pearsall Smith)
after Richard Morris Smith
photograph of drawing, 13 December 1894
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Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson and Bertrand Russell
by Unknown photographer
bromide copy print, circa 1907
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Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith); Bertrand Russell
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1907
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
halftone reproduction, 1907
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by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
halftone reproduction, 1907
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by Hugh Cecil (Hugh Cecil Saunders)
vintage bromide print, mid-late 1910s
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Bertrand Russell; John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lytton Strachey
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1915
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by Julian Vinogradoff (née Morrell)
vintage snapshot print, 1915
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Bertrand Russell; John Maynard Keynes, Baron Keynes; Lytton Strachey
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1915
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
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by Unknown photographer
vintage snapshot print, September 1915
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1916
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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Lytton Strachey; Bertrand Russell; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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Lytton Strachey; Bertrand Russell; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1920
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
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Dora Winifred Russell (née Black); Bertrand Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1922
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John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell; Bertrand Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923-1924
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John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell; Bertrand Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923-1924
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John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell; Bertrand Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923-1924
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Bertrand Russell; John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923-1924
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John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell; Bertrand Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1923-1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1924
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, October 1925
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1928
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Bertrand Russell; Dora Winifred Russell (née Black); Lucy Mary Silcox
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1928
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by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, 1930
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Patricia Helen ('Peter') (née Spence), Countess Russell; Bertrand Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell with his children
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell with his children
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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Lady Katharine Jane Tait (née Russell); Bertrand Russell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1935
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by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1935
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by Howard Coster
bromide print, 1935
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
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by Howard Coster
half-plate film negative, 1935
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Group including Elspeth Fox Pitt (née Phelps); Bertrand Russell and Augustus John
by Alfieri Picture Service
bromide print, 1936
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by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, October 1936
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by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1936
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by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1936
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by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1936
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by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1936
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Related People
- Katherine Louisa (née Stanley), Viscountess Amberley (mother)
- John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (grandfather)
- Patricia Helen ('Peter') (née Spence), Countess Russell (wife)
- Edith (née Finch), Countess Russell (wife)
- John Conrad Russell, 4th Earl Russell (son)
- Conrad Sebastian Robert Russell, 5th Earl Russell (son)
- Alys Whitall Russell (née Pearsall Smith) (wife)
- Dora Winifred Russell (née Black) (wife)
- Edward John Stanley, 2nd Baron Stanley of Alderley (grandfather)
- Henrietta Maria Stanley (née Dillon-Lee), Lady Stanley of Alderley (grandmother)
- Lady Katharine Jane Tait (née Russell) (daughter)
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